As part of Hood College's Hood College's 2022-2025 strategic plan, "For a Greater Hood", the Graduate School is committed to global engagement through partnerships with education consultants, institutions and organizations from around the world.
Hood College values global partnerships that help us recruit talented students and/or that provide diverse, global opportunities for our current graduate students.
Hood College's mission is to foster a truly diverse community, including faculty, students, and partner institutions. Through a global partnership initiative, we seek to provide students with opportunities to help them thrive in the competitive global marketplace.
Hood College is interested in exploring various types of international academic collaborations, including:
For Education Consultants wishing to partner with Hood College
Hood College has contractual agreements with select organizations. To establish a contractual agreement, we consider a variety of factors including references and an agent questionnaire which all prospective agents must complete and return by email to gofurther@hood.edu.
International institutions interested in academic partnership opportunities with Hood College should email gofurther@hood.edu with details about their proposed collaboration. Please include your organization's contact information and website. Once Hood College has reviewed your information, you will be contacted for next steps.
* Please note that Hood College is not currently set up to administer international J1 exchange programs.
Many of Hood College's international students use the services of overseas education consultants when applying for admission. International students can apply directly to the Graduate School at Hood College; however, they may choose to use the services of a third-party overseas education consultant.
Below is a current list of authorized overseas education consultants that have a signed partnership agreement with Hood College.
Hood College services provided to partner overseas education consultants include a training agent manual as well as personalized virtual training sessions.
April Boulton, Ph.D, Dean of the Graduate School
Responsible for overseeing and executing Graduate School agreements and MOUS
Tanith Fowler Corsi, M.A., Director of Graduate Admission
Responsible for Hood College's international recruitment plan and partnership-development in India, Central Asia, and Latin America.
For general questions about international partnership opportunities, email us at gofurther@hood.edu
In April 2019, Christian DiGregorio, Director of Graduate Admissions at Hood College, travelled to India as part of the College's international student recruitment initiative.
Friday, March 29, 2019 marked a day of fun and celebration when Hood College students from different cultures came together to explore their unique heritages at the International Festival organized by Hood College’s Saudi Student Association.
On Wednesday, April 10, 2019, Hood College students and staff from various cultures gathered to celebrate Holi and the Nepali New Year 2076.
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